today, we are in the midst of another rapid increase in the price of oil and gas at the pump faced by our constituents. Rather than address this issue in a positive manner, we are once again debating an amendment whose authors believe that…

I support this effort because it promotes the efficient administration and completion of Federal construction projects.

Significant Federal funding over the next several years is critical.

The United States Government honors, to the penny, all Government contracts even when doing so requires supplemental appropriations, with the exception of contracts with tribes.

It is not necessary to write a better law; just honor the law that the Congress has already written.

It's an important policy question and, it'll rapidly become an important personal question for----

due to my flight from Rhode Island being delayed, I was unavoidably absent for vote No. 47, the confirmation of Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit. Had I been present, I would have voted…

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, many have decried too big to fail, but there may be a more immediate problem: too big or too complicated or too powerful to be audited.

It's an important policy question and, it'll rapidly become an important personal question for----

I support this effort because it promotes the efficient administration and completion of Federal construction projects.

we are looking at over 11 percent unemployment in my State.

The President's report on housing finance said that any rational housing reform is going to lead to a higher cost of mortgage credit.

the 30-year fixed mortgage has been sort of the North Star of American housing for a long time.

Some of the proposals would perhaps make that a less available product, is that your analysis of the competing proposals?

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 656 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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We ask the Congress to provide additional funding to fight White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in bats.

We urge the Congress to support the request of $854.242 million for the integrated resource restoration program in fiscal year 2012.

I urge the Senate to try again this Congress to enact a legislative fix to address the harmful effects of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Carcieri v. Salazar.

We urge the Congress to provide $312 million in fiscal year 2012 for forest and rangelands to support this high-quality research.

But having done all this work, that reaction was not irrational, given what they were seeing in the marketplace, given the contagion, given the fear.

I think so far this has proven to at least stabilize the situation, and in fact, I would argue, has probably avoided a significant financial deterioration which would still be plaguing us.

I also have to salute Senator Kaufman for his service, both here in the Senate, for putting up with a lot of my bad jokes as we traveled around the world.

This is the inclusion of the warrants provision, which I insisted on being included with the support of my colleagues.

I was listening closely to the recollections of both you and the Ranking Member about September 2008 because I was also there.